Table sink



(No Model.)

T. M. DILS.

TABLE SINK.

Patented Jan. 18, 1887.

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sure STATES PATENT nrrcn.

THOMAS M. DILS, OF DAVENPORT, IOWA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO HENRY B. HAYFOBD, OF SAME PLACE.

TABLE-SINK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 356,401, dated January 18, 1887.

Application filed November 24, 1E85. Serial No. 183,897.

(No model.)

The bottom of the sink is perfectly free, and

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS MOORE DILS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Davenport, in the county of. Scott and State of Iowa, have invented a new and useful Table- Sink, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a sink attached to any table or counter or similar places in the form of a drawer, to be used prominently for the purpose of washing dishes, the sink or dish-pan to be drawn out when required for use and to be pushed back when not in use.

The objects of my invention are, first, to replace the-ordinary dish-pan by a movable pan or sink attached to the table in the form of a drawer, always at hand and ready when wanted; second, to provide for a convenient pan and sink combined for washing dishes without requiring the clearing off of the table; third, to prevent the wearing off of the bottom of the pan, thus outlasting the ordinary dish -pan; fourth, to provide for a movable sink to be moved about from a warm room to a cooler place, or vice versa, as circumstances may desire it; fifth, when notin use as asink or dishpan proper, it may be conveniently used for many varied household purposes-such as setting bread or cake sponge, protecting meat or fruits from dust or flies, or, if the table is used as a dinner-table, to keep desserts or fruit to be used at the table till required. I attain these objects in the manner illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective View of a table with the drawer-sink drawn out and ready for Washing dishes; Fig. 2, a cross-section through the table with the sink pushed back, Fig. 3, the same with the drawer-sink drawn out.

Similar letters refer to similar parts through.- out the several views.

T represents a table constructed in the ordinary way. In it moves a drawer-frame, D, sliding on the slides or cleats s. The frame D is divided into two parts by the partition 1). Into the front part of this drawer-frame D is fitted the sink or dish-pan a.

This sink, made of tin, zinc, copper, or any other suitable material, has beveled sides and rounded corners, to facilitate its cleaning, and a drain-hole, c, with a movable stopper, to let the liquid, when no more required, run out into a pail or other suitable vessel placed below.

projects slightly above the lower edges of the Wooden drawer-frame D, preventing its rubbing against or coming in contact with any part of the table-therefore greatly protected against any wear whatever. The spaces between the beveled sides of the sink and the drawer-frame D and partition are filled up with a solid wooden lining, W, to guard these beveled sides against denting or bruising.

The upper edges of the sink-pan a are bent outward, so as to form narrow flanges around the upper edges of the pan, by which this latter is fastened to the drawer frame D. A drain-screen, f, is fastened at one side in the sink, upon which the dishes, after having been washed, may be placed to drain. A stop, 13, is provided on the under side of the table-top, against which the back of the drawer-frame D strikes to prevent the sink from being pulled out too far.

Two small drawers are shown in Fig. 1 on each side of the drawer-sink-one to contain the soap, the other the towels used in dishwashing.

I am aware that it is old to construct a portable sink the sides of which are lined with metal and having a detachable drainer at one end, and this I disclaim.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I desire to claim and secure by Letters Patent is- 1. The combination, with the table having a solid rigid top and the fixed cleats 8, arranged beneath the top, of the sliding drawer-frame supported on the cleats and a rigid tray or pan suspended from its upper edges in the drawer, and having its bottom terminating on a plane above the lower edges of the drawer-frame, whereby the bottom of the pan is prevented from coming in contact with the table, substantially as described, for the purpose set forth.

2. In a table-sink, the combination,with the frame having the rigid top 'and the cleats arranged beneath the top, of the sliding drawerframe supported on the cleats, and having a transverse partition, 1), near its middle, and the fixed stop t, depending from the table-top and arranged in the path of the partition on the drawer-frame to limit the inward movement of the latter, substantially as described, for the purpose set forth.

3. Atable-sink having a sliding drawer and a metallic rigid pan or tray suspended from its upper edges in the drawer, and having its bottom terminating on a plane above the lower 5 edges of the-drawenfra1ne, said tray or pan forming the only bottom for the drawer, as set forth.

i. A table-sink having a sliding drawer, a rigid metallic pan or tray suspended from its 0 upper edges in the drawer and having its sides beveled or inclined, and lining XV, interposed between theinclined sides of the pan or tray and the drawer, as and for the purpose set forth.

5. A table-sink having a sliding drawer, a

metallic pan or tray suspended from its upper 15 edgesin the drawer and having its sides beveled orinclined, and a beveled or inclined 1ining,W, interposed between the inclined sides of the pan or tray and the drawer, the bottom of the pan or tray serving as the only bottom of the 20 drawer, and terminating on a plane above the lower edges of the drawer-frame, for the purpose set forth.

'1. M. DILS.

Witnesses:

W. OTTO GRONEU, B10111). O. VARREN. 

